pianist from the sea

Chapter 190 will arrive in Paris at the highest exchange of jazz

The principal of the Brussels Conservatory of Music appeared at the door of Fu Tiao's backstage lounge, nodded very friendly to Fu Tiao, and said.

"Frederick Rose, you can just call me Rose."

"Fu Diao."

Fu Tiao nodded slightly to the principal, and after putting the last few sheet music back into his package, he asked Ross.

"Principal Ross, what can I do for you?"

"No, nothing, just came to thank you."

Ross smiled, patted the side of his clothes, walked to the chair in the lounge, sat down with some difficulty, then rubbed his back, and said helplessly: "Sorry, I have a problem with my lumbar spine, no Way has been standing, can you come and sit with me for a while?"

Fu Diao looked at the packed package and Ross who was sitting there, thought for a while, and sat next to Ross, and said softly: "Yes, yes, but what's the matter? If there is nothing, I plan to go back The hotel is closed..."

"It's not a problem..."

Ross smiled, took out a concert ticket from his pocket, handed it to Fu Tiao, and said to him.

"This is an invitation to the Bonjour bar in Paris three days later. I heard you play jazz very well. It just so happened that there was a jazz exchange meeting or a concert in that bar recently? You can go and try it."

"Jazz meeting?"

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Principal Ross would hand him this item, and he didn't understand it for a while.

Why did you send him this thing?What is the use of this thing?

A concert in a bar?
Ross seemed to see Fu Tiao's incomprehension, he couldn't help but blinked, and said with a smile: "Have you never participated in this kind of jazz exchange meeting before?"

"No……"

Fu Tiao shook his head, but after raising his head and thinking for a while, he still hesitated and said, "I played a little jazz in a bar before, but there should be no systematic study, basically it's just my own thoughts on music. "

"Wow, if what you said is true, then you are definitely a genius in jazz!" Rose's eyes lit up, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, then pointed to the ticket or said in Fu Tiao's hand It's an invitation letter, continued.

"This exchange meeting is actually an occasion for many people in the industry to exchange their latest works. Usually, the people who go to this exchange meeting are relatively ordinary, but this time it is different. This time there is a very powerful person. Since then, many bigwigs in the industry have also come, and the invitation letter for this exchange meeting has become very rare, even I, the dean of the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, only have one ticket."

He took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and said to Fu Tiao while looking up something.

"I don't know if you know him or not, but this person is also currently known as the greatest genius in the entire jazz world. He is very strong and young. He seems to be about 40 or [-] years old. I don't remember how old he is. And like you, she is also from East Asia."

"Her?" Fu Tiao grasped a key word and couldn't help asking, "Who is she?"

"Hiromi Ishihara, the new generation of jazz performers in Japan, the winner of the 53rd Grammy Awards for best jazz performer, she can't say what style she is at all, you can tentatively designate her as the king of jazz fusion jazz, the strongest in history Jazz trio pianist."

Ross handed Fu Tiao his mobile phone, pointed to the information on it and said to Fu Tiao.

Rose's mobile phone is not particularly luxurious, but looks a little old.

This is a smart phone from five or six years ago. The screen already has cracks, which are forcibly bonded together by a protective film on the outside, but it can still be seen that there are a lot of dead pixels, and even a little. Touch doesn't work.

However, the above text seems to be clear and acceptable.

Fu Diao looked at this person's information bit by bit, while Ross introduced to Fu Diao from the side.

"In this strongest jazz trio, apart from her, there are also world-class bass master Anthony Jackson and jazz drum king Steven Smith. , Their cooperation with Hiromi Ishihara is very painful, because they dare not take it lightly, and their spirit cannot be relaxed in the slightest."

"so……"

Fu Tiao nodded and returned the phone to Ross.

Just as Ross said, the honor received by Hiromi Ishihara in Japan is really only a little bit short of the god of jazz.

To use a similar example as a metaphor, Hiromi Ishihara's status in jazz may be a little bit higher than Lang Liangyue's status in classical music, and it is a bit close to Argerich.

It's just that she has received more controversy than Argerich, because she is keen on showing off skills, and the music she plays is extremely profound. What she plays may be amazing to those who often listen to jazz, but to ordinary people it may be amazing. A little unacceptable.

At the same time, she often uses some behaviors similar to Yan Yi when she plays. She looks a little crazy, even more crazy than Lang Liangyue, and Yan Yi's performance is more wild. Art adds to the multiplicity of her international reputation.

People who like it like it more, and people who hate it also hate it more.

After Rose took the phone back, he found another page and handed it to Fu Tiao, and said to him.

"While we invited her to this exchange meeting, we also invited many other jazz musicians with different musical instruments, not only bassist, drummer, but also saxophone player, violinist, and some electronic music players. The creator, it is precisely because of the arrival of Hiromi Ishihara that the original relatively ordinary grade has been raised to a higher level."

After all, Ross grinned at Fu Tiao, looked at Fu Tiao and said very seriously: "I think you should need this now, more exposure to newer music, a little bit of completely different jazz, for your future There are benefits."

"Then...thank you?" Although Fu Tiao didn't understand why the headmaster suddenly came over to give him something, he still thanked him: "When I go to Paris in a few days, I will definitely go there."

"Haha, it doesn't matter whether you go or not. Anyway, I've given you the invitation letter. You can handle it however you want. I just give you a piece of information, a chance to step into their circle of jazz musicians. You can do whatever you want. "

Rose laughed and waved his hand casually: "Okay, if you want to come to our Brussels Royal Academy of Music to study in the future, you can contact me, and I will definitely organize an admission exchange for you alone, Fu, I am very happy Love your music, whether it is Chopin or jazz, you play it perfectly! I like it very much!"

He got up and rubbed his back, walked slowly to the door, turned around and smiled at Fu Tiao, nodded and said: "Anyway, thank you for promoting our school students, although it is a pity that our school students I wasted this opportunity, but I think she should be able to grow a lot with this opportunity, so I still want to thank you again and wish you a smooth future in your playing career, oh yes, remember when you go to Paris Watch out for your wallet."

"Thank you..."

Principal Ross smiled and waved at Fu Tiao, rubbed his back, turned and left without any hesitation.

Seeing the back of the principal leaving, Fu Tiao finally understood what the principal was here for.

He just came to thank him for helping the students in his school before. In order not to owe him anything, he also decided to come over and give himself a hand.

And the way he decided to give himself a hand was to give himself an invitation to step into the current jazz circle.

A place where the world's top jazz players will gather, exchange their thoughts on jazz and perform their own jazz.

It sounds very emotional.

And that Hiromi Ishihara.

Fu Tiao took out his mobile phone, searched for information about Hiromi Ishihara, and looked up some of her videos. The most popular one was the first work, her album "voice" released in 2011. ",sound.

Fu Tiao thought about it, opened the first piece of this album, and listened to it.

There are a few extremely melancholy and sad chords in the opening. This chord does not sound complicated, and you don’t even feel a lot of jazz, but it is a bit similar to classical?

Indeed, it is similar to classical, and it feels very similar to classical.

Fu Tiao looked at this person's resume and found that she really studied classical at the beginning, and then gradually switched from classical to jazz after entering university, and then became a blockbuster.

Fu Tiao nodded thoughtfully. The direction of this chord is interesting. He has never played it like this before. He thinks he can use it when he plays next time?

Fu Diao kept this chord in his heart for the time being, and continued to listen to the back.

The chords and chords that represented the main theme fell into silence, followed by a short silence, and a rapid and continuous ringing appeared on top of the music.

Fu Tiao's eyes widened involuntarily.

This... is so interesting!

Even though it's just a monophonic ring finger, the timbre changes so quickly, and the layers of the music become extremely rich.

"This music?"

Fu Tiao listened, swallowed involuntarily, and his eyes gradually lit up.

Under the rich and colorful monophonic changes, the bass part of the left hand began to play the main theme, and this main theme was not monotonous, but sounded extremely complicated.

And it's getting more fun and more colorful.

With the addition of bass and bass, and the addition of drums, the music became more and more interesting.

And music is no longer limited to classical music chords, not only the rhythm has changed, but also the use of various seventh, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth and even fifteenth chords has become more complicated .

Many sound effects that Fu Diao had never heard before appeared in that person's hands.

Fu Tiao couldn't help getting up from the chair, the corners of his mouth gradually raised.

He felt like goosebumps were coming out of him.

This music is so interesting and interesting, is this modern jazz?
While listening to the music, Fu Diao casually picked up his bag, carried it on his shoulder, and walked out of the house, preparing to go to his hotel.

As expected of the person recommended by Principal Ross, this person's performance is really interesting.

Not only the chord changes are rich and many times, but also the strength of music performance is also extremely powerful.

"This level, this music, is interesting..."

Fu Tiao walked out of the gate of the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, stood at the gate and looked at the stars above his head, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and then looked into the distance.

He didn't know which direction Paris was in, but he was really looking forward to Paris now.

Not just the concert in Paris, but also the jazz exchange in Paris.

According to Principal Ross, there should be many, many people he has never met in the concert in Paris. Not much worse than her.

Everything seems to be getting more interesting.

only……

Fu Tiao tightened his backpack and couldn't help shivering.

It’s just that no matter what you say now, let’s go back to the hotel and sleep first. Now the weather in Europe is getting colder and colder. Every breath can turn into water mist, and the temperature of the body surface is getting lower and lower.

I feel that I may need to buy some new clothes to wear recently.

For some reason, Fu Tiao's mind suddenly remembered that long black down jacket, the kind of down jacket that is extremely long and can wrap a person in it.

It seems that he often wore it like this during a certain exam before. Wearing this, he can sleep directly in the piano room without worrying about whether the clothes will get dirty or not, and it can keep warm. Almost everyone in school wears it like this, even in school. There will also be black down jackets with school medals.

"Should I buy a down jacket later? Or should I learn from the people in Germany and get a jacket to wear?"

Fu Tiao whispered while listening to the music, and walked towards the hotel. He was going to rest for a day or two, and then went directly to Paris to see what everyone called the city of art and romance. how.

……

Meanwhile, France Paris.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A Boeing 777 was parked at the airport building. After taxiing for more than ten minutes, it finally stopped at the connecting port. He Shen rubbed his shoulders and walked out of the boarding gate with a bitter face. Out of the crowd, the corners of their mouths twitched, and they couldn't help complaining to the girls around them.

"No, isn't this the most noble romantic airline in France? Why is your transcontinental flight so bad? The seats are small. What are the meals on the plane? Are you sure it's not Italian food? ?Two options, one is Creamy Mushroom Pasta and the other is Indian Masala. How about a French meal with French characteristics? Just give us a champagne?"

"You're flying economy class. Of course the food is not good. If you're flying business class or first class, of course there are good things to eat!"

Wearing a pair of sunglasses, Zhao Zitong looked at everything around him curiously. He couldn't help laughing when he heard He Shen's words, and joked to him: "I asked you to buy business class and you refused to buy it. What did you say to save money?" If I say you don’t need to spend money, I’ll give you business class, but you still don’t agree, do you regret it now? Let me tell you how good I am in business class!”

"You and I!"

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong next to him, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he lowered his head and said dejectedly: "Your father is the principal of Jiangzhou Art Institute, and I'm just an ordinary professor. How can I have any money... "

"So I said I'll give it to you! A little money, it's okay."

"I'm a big man, how can I let you pay for it? Am I no longer a soft food?" He Shen spoke righteously: "I must buy this ticket myself!"

"Huh? But the house you live in in the beautiful country is bought by me, I am your landlord~"

"I, I, I... I paid the rent..." He Shen's words gradually became weaker.

"Are you sure, your rent is not worthy of the market price~"

"I, I still cook for you every day, and I pay for the groceries..." He Shen's tone was a little lower, and he felt that he couldn't find any point to refute.

Zhao Zitong immediately heard He Shen's depression, couldn't help poking He Shen, then hooked his arm, leaned on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hee hee, just kidding, don't get too entangled, you are the Manhattan music The professors of the college, how can you say that they eat soft food."

"I……"

He Shen turned his eyes to the side, swallowed, moved away involuntarily, and changed the subject: "Forget it, let's go to the hotel I booked first, the concert ticket for Fu Tiao is not good. Well, especially the ticket for this Paris game, I found this ticket after looking for several friends."

"Fu Tiao is your student, so you still didn't get a ticket?"

"He's my student, so it's hard for me to find him. I'm a teacher who has worked so hard to find tickets for student concerts."

He Shen shook his head, and led Zhao Zitong to the outside. The two quickly walked to the taxi stand near the airport, called the hotel, and sat there waiting for the hotel car.

"But having said that, in addition to Fu Tiao, there is also a particularly powerful concert ticket in Paris recently. It is a jazz exchange at the Bonjour bar. I remember you like listening to jazz, don't you?"

He Shen put his arms around Zhao Zitong and watched the cars passing by in front of him, and said casually: "My colleague said that Kapustin will also come to this exchange. This old man is over 70, and his body is still so tough. It is really rare. Not only It’s just him, Hiromi Ishihara will also come, I think this music exchange meeting is very good.”

　Hiromi Ishihara is Hiromi Uehara, the jazz pianist of the Tokyo Olympics

　　I flipped through her albums while writing this chapter and got goosebumps.

　　And Kapustin was still alive in 2015. I always feel that he is like a person from the last century. I didn't expect to die in 2020. He is a top master in the history of jazz.

　　As for the Bonjour bar, I made it up

　　
　
(End of this chapter)